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Craig Rivet

#52 · Defence · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Sep 13, 1974 in North Bay, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 207 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 68th overall in 1992 by MTL (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andy Sutton ANA · 4 P in 39 GP Brett Lebda TOR · 4 P in 41 GP Ian Cole STL · 4 P in 26 GP Jakub Kindl DET · 4 P in 48 GP Peter Harrold LAK · 4 P in 19 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

01020301994-95: 1 points194-951995-96: 5 points51996-97: 4 points496-971997-98: 2 points21998-99: 10 points1098-991999-00: 17 points172000-01: 3 points300-012001-02: 25 points252002-03: 22 points2202-032003-04: 12 points122005-06: 34 points3405-062006-07: 24 points242007-08: 35 points3507-082008-09: 24 points242009-10: 15 points1509-102010-11: 4 points4

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1994-95 MTL 5 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 0.20
1995-96 MTL 19 1 4 5 4 54 9 0 0.26
1996-97 MTL 35 0 4 4 7 54 24 0 0.11
1997-98 MTL 61 0 2 2 -3 93 26 52 0.03
1998-99 MTL 66 2 8 10 -3 66 39 78 0.15
1999-00 MTL 61 3 14 17 11 76 71 80 0.28
2000-01 MTL 26 1 2 3 -8 36 22 38 0.12
2001-02 MTL 82 8 17 25 1 76 90 97 0.30
2002-03 MTL 82 7 15 22 1 71 118 31 0.27
2003-04 MTL 80 4 8 12 -1 98 96 66 0.15
2005-06 MTL 82 7 27 34 -5 109 122 107 0.41
2006-07 MTL 54 6 10 16 -7 57 58 60 0.30
2006-07 SJS 17 1 7 8 8 12 31 19 0.47
2007-08 SJS 74 5 30 35 3 104 105 73 0.47
2008-09 BUF 64 2 22 24 4 125 80 57 0.38
2009-10 BUF 78 1 14 15 -6 100 63 61 0.19
2010-11 BUF 23 1 2 3 -5 12 20 19 0.13
2010-11 CBJ 14 1 0 1 -7 23 13 12 0.07
16 seasons Career 923 50 187 237 -4 1171 989 850 0.26

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1996-97 MTL 5 0 1 1 -2 14 6 0 0.20
1997-98 MTL 5 0 0 0 -2 2 5 1 0.00
2001-02 MTL 12 0 3 3 2 4 19 12 0.25
2003-04 MTL 11 1 4 5 2 2 16 8 0.45
2005-06 MTL 6 0 2 2 0 2 9 4 0.33
2006-07 SJS 11 2 3 5 -5 18 21 10 0.45
2007-08 SJS 13 0 6 6 2 16 17 31 0.46
2009-10 BUF 6 1 0 1 2 11 3 12 0.17
8 seasons Playoffs 69 4 19 23 -1 69 96 78 0.33

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
37 2 2 4 -12 35 33 31 0.11 6.1 14:41

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-1.4Goals above replacement582nd of 672 skaters, 189th of 233 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-0.5 61st percentileEven-strength defence-0.9 29th percentilePower play-0.4 33rd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 52nd percentilePenalties-1.3 31st percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

49.7Corsi for %409 attempts for, 414 against
-2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.1Expected goals for %16.8 expected for, 16.1 against
-2.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.5Goals for %17 for, 24 against
96.6PDO7.7% shooting + 88.9% saves
57Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Craig Rivet · Andrej SekeraBUF18142:4453.548.75-7
Craig Rivet · Kris RussellCBJ1198:1251.853.75-9
Craig Rivet · Shaone MorrisonnBUF1361:4347.051.82-3
Craig Rivet · Mike WeberBUF538:1845.642.72-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.3Expected goalsfrom 47 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes38th
Shot quality 2.8% chance per attempt31st
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected70thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 1.3

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2011 vs BUF L 4-5 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 15:12
Apr 5, 2011 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 19:25
Apr 3, 2011 vs STL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:17
Mar 29, 2011 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:26
Mar 27, 2011 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:07
Mar 24, 2011 @ PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:25
Mar 22, 2011 @ COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 16:30
Mar 20, 2011 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 20:37
Mar 19, 2011 @ MIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:07
Mar 15, 2011 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:57
Mar 12, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:49
Mar 9, 2011 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:07
Mar 7, 2011 @ STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 19:30
Mar 4, 2011 @ CGY L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14:37
Jan 11, 2011 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:56
Jan 8, 2011 @ PHX W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:49
Jan 6, 2011 @ SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 03:01
Jan 4, 2011 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:33
Jan 1, 2011 vs BOS W 7-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:47
Dec 28, 2010 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 14:26
Dec 27, 2010 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:05
Dec 23, 2010 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:01
Dec 21, 2010 vs ANA W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 12:54
Nov 20, 2010 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 14:30
Nov 19, 2010 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 10:52
Nov 6, 2010 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:13
Nov 5, 2010 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 18:35
Nov 3, 2010 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:36
Oct 26, 2010 @ PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:43
Oct 22, 2010 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:04
Oct 20, 2010 @ ATL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:46
Oct 16, 2010 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 16:48
Oct 15, 2010 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:13
Oct 13, 2010 vs NJD L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:40
Oct 11, 2010 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:35
Oct 9, 2010 vs NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:42
Oct 8, 2010 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 15:06